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Keeping Connected to Microsoft in Ireland

The whole Developer and Platform group have joined forces to start an MSDN Ireland Group Blog , including new developers Martha Rotter and Ronan Geraghty (who I must say are off to an amazing start with the group). Inimitable community guru Clare Dillon Read More...
Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 1:17 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

After the Last Stand

When the XNA-fuelled fireworks were over at yesterday's Last Stand in Dublin (literally and figuratively) I was totally lost for words. When does that ever happen?! What I really want to say most is thank you - especially to Clare Dillon, Philip McKeown, Read More...
Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 10:04 AM by robburke | 1 Comments

Nikon's RAW (NEF) Vista Codec Updated

Nikon has released an updated version of their RAW (NEF) Codec for Vista that resolves an issue that caused it to suddenly stop working last week. Apparently the problem had something to do with an expired certificate. The new Codec is still labeled version Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:30 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

Rob's Last Stand: XNA, Microsoft Robotics Studio, 360s, Wiis, and Dancing Robots

Talk Abstract: By day, he's helped mild-mannered developers build n -tiered architectures using .NET technologies. But by night, the real Rob comes out. The one that works endlessly - nay, furiously - with XNA and the Microsoft Robotics Studio. And now, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:32 PM by robburke | 3 Comments

All good things ...

It has now been almost three years since I joined Microsoft to work with developers in Ireland. During that time, Microsoft has unleashed one-and-a-half new Visual Studios, presented the world a new Vista, and most recently they've shed some SilverLight Read More...
Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 1:45 PM by robburke | 15 Comments

Dublin Event, May 28th: Windows Server 2008 Jumpstart

There are some exciting things coming for developers in Windows Server 2008 , which recently reached Beta 3 under its codename Longhorn Server. If you're able to reach Dublin next Monday, you may be interested in the upcoming Longhorn Server Jumpstart Read More...
Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 1:07 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Silverlight Developer Resource-a-rama

I've been absorbing Silverlight from the perspective of a developer who wants to use .NET code to build Silverlight applications. Here are the most useful resources I've found this week: 0. The Documentation Silverlight alpha documentation and samples Read More...
Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 1:10 PM by robburke | 9 Comments

Silverlight Airlines Keynote Demo Online

Last night, Delay announced the publishing of the Silverlight Airlines Demo from Monday's keynote. He and a colleague, Ted Glaza, built the demo in three weeks, beginning with nothing and building on top of the Silverlight .NET platform as it was still Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:44 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Communities of Purpose: Social Networking Panel

From left to right on the Social Networking: Enabling the Two-Way Street panel at MIX07 : Dave Morin, Facebook ; Evan Williams, Twitter ; Aaron Emigh, Six Apart ; Joseph Kleinschmidt, Leverage Software ; Marc Canter, Broadband Mechanics These guys have Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:36 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Futures in Design with Kip Voytek

Kip Voytek's great design presentation today was, in my mind, underattended. I am sometimes concerned that there isn't the right developer/designer mix here at MIX. Kip is from the R/Greenberg Associates design agency. Here are some of my notes from the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:45 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Silverlight Developer Reference Diagram

Click to download. With props to Expression Product Manager Arturo Toledo for putting this together, and thanks for the cool poster version they're giving out here at MIX! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:27 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

MIX Misc Monday

Myspace presentation: Serving up the long tail's mp3 and other rich content at scale is an awesome task. And by "awesome" I mean the original, "awe-inspiring" sense of the word. Myspace is using the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime from Microsoft Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5:59 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

MIX07 Keynote: Favourite Moments (and photos)

After this morning's MIX07 keynote, I am reinvigorated about the power and potential of Silverlight . Here are my favourite moments: Scott Guthrie debugging a Silverlight application's .NET code that was running on a Mac in the Safari browser, changing Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 9:36 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

MIX07 Welcome Swag

Swag found in my MIX07 Welcome Pack: 1 Silverlight / Mix07 T-Shirt (obligatory) 1 copy Vista Ultimate (cool) 1 copy Expression Studio (double cool!!) 3 coloured "discipline" armbands to identify the like-minded at MIX (Blue=Developer, Green=Business, Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 7:02 AM by robburke | 5 Comments

Adventures in XNA 6: A Wii Flock of Boids

Here's a flock of butterflies, brought to you in XNA, which can soar around their environment with the help of the Wii controller. By tilting and rolling the Wiimote, you can control the flight of the lead butterfly. The rest of the flock sticks together, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:43 PM by robburke | 8 Comments
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